Christopher Spencer, who makes wonderful collage art as Cold WarSteve, is a Birmingham artist who I adore. He’s the austerity era Hogarth as far as I’m concerned.
The main image (above) is his Coronation postcard, created to celebrate the best of the UK. It’s got everyone from Bowie to The Clash, Laura Mvula to Lily Savage, Poly Styrene to Frank Sidebottom The other pieces (below) are Jubilee postcard and Junkyard image. All work is by Cold War Steve.
His creative alter – ego moniker comes from his tendency to include Steve McFadden, aka perma- irritable potato head Phil Mitchell from UK soap Eastenders. This, coupled with his dystopian view of the world, adds to the sour hilarity. I think he’s a genius, even if he has worked with Sleaford Mods.
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